Quotes About Character

By the second week of November 1990, a new character had begun to spring forth in Kurt's journal writings, and this figure would soon make its way into almost every image, song, or story. He intentionally misspelled its name, and in doing so he was granting it a life of its own. Oddly, he gave it a female persona, but since it became his great love that Fall - and even made him throw up, just like Tobi - there was a fairness in this gender choice. He called it 'heroine'.

He was a man of such modesty that he never mentioned his own name even when recording the stirring events in which he played so prominent a part.

It is true that however men may differ among themselves as to individual character, as to outward circumstances, social or religious, when they appear at the bar of God, all are on equality, all are sinners, and as such, are deserving of punishment.

As evil grows through many small acts of wrongdoing, good develops as we continue to do what is right before God and others.

It is what we do with blessings or difficulties that will determine the kind of person we are becoming.

I would like to believe he's sick rather than just mean and evil.

Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

Johnson well says, "He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything." Life is made up of little things. It is very rarely that an occasion is offered for doing a great deal at once. True greatness consists in being great in little things.

A person's character is but half formed till after wedlock.

Genuine goodness is threatening to those at the opposite end of the moral spectrum.

God will never direct us to be prideful, arrogant and unforgiving, immoral or slothful or full of fear. We step into these things because we are insensitive to the leadership of the Holy Spirit within us.

The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord.

The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual.

Real integrity stays in place whether the test in adversity or prosperity.

How to find a good spouse? -the best single way is to deserve a good spouse.

It takes character to sit with all that cash and to do nothing. I didn't get top where I am by going after mediocre opportunities.

Remember that reputation and integrity are your most valuable assets—and can be lost in a heartbeat.

It is easy to prime the pump and have the words gush forth in a torrent of pious phrases but the proof of what we really want – regardless of what we say we want – is evident in the way we live.

S. Lewis, coined the phrase "The

The question for the child is not, `Do I want to be good?"' Bettelheim writes, "but Who do I want to be like?

Phil. 4:8). Notice that Paul doesn't limit that principle to spiritual things; he says if anything is excellent. Paul is telling us to train our tastes to love the higher things-things that challenge our mind, deepen our character, and foster a love of excellence-and this includes the music we listen to, the books and magazines we read, the films we watch, the forms of worship we employ.

Our character is determined not by our circumstances but by our reaction to those circumstances.

The things that are wrong with the country today are the sum total of all the things that are wrong with us as individuals.

A man of character in peace is a man of courage in war.